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Verification process after £29,000 withdrawal taking longer than stated in T's & C's with no explanation


Hi, I joined PlayFrank Casino on 30/07/18. I deposited £200 and through some extreme luck, managed to accumulate 29000 GBP. I am not self excluded from any 'sister' site, nor have I taken up any bonuses or rewards.
I requested my first withdrawal of 10k at around 1800 on the 30th, this was quickly accompanied by an email request for KYC docs. I sent the requested docs at apx 1900. It is now 30 hours since I submitted these documents, and PlayFrank have confirmed receipt of them.
PlayFranks T's & C's state that account verification will take place within 24hrs, (5.5 T's&C's) yet this has not happened. I now have 3 pending withdrawals 2x10k and 1x9k.
PlayFrank are unable to tell me why there is a delay to the completion if the verification.
I firmly believe that one of two courses of action are taking place - either the old drawing out of the verification/pending process in the hope that I will reverse my withdrawals.
Or the overwriters EveryMatrix are looking at any possible way not to pay me my winnings.
I appreciate that not much time over the 24hr period has passed, but we are talking 29k here, not small potatoes. Online chat has already confirmed to me that such a delay is rare and as such the alarm bells are ringing.
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Amount £29000

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Based on submitter's last post AskGamblers Complaints Team consider this case as Resolved and it is officially closed now.

Thank you all for your cooperation.

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Kudos to Playfrank, my account is now verified.
In hindsight, I was hasty to submit the complaint - but due to the amount involved, I felt that I had to get on top of any potential issues quickly.
Customer service, and communication from Playfrank has been superb.
Further more, I can (with much relief) confirm that my first withdrawal is now present in my bank account.
Please consider this complaint resolved.

PlayFrank Casino Complaint Stats

Resolved 22 / 22
Avg. Amount $3,168
Avg. Complaint Duration 5 days
Avg. Response Time 2 days

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Payment and refund issues

So, I was happy with my playfrank account but I found it a very boring website. Not many issues with withdrawals, but sometimes they were slow. I was ok with that. I closed my account, and I was owed two payments, I was asked to provide bank details which I did, via the chat.

Ever since then it’s been hell. So after providing the details it was apparently sent to the team, then I got emails saying it was process and on its way to my bank, and then I was told it was with managers. Every time I contacted someone half the time it was a different story each time, and then another reason as to why I haven’t received my money. I understand things take time but it’s been over 9 days, and I’m constantly being told so many different things. Two people I spoke to today, have told me two different things, apparently the money has not been issued even though I was emailed saying a completely different thing and now there is technical issues and they cannot pay me due to this. The customer service is absolutely shocking and I get nothing but attitude. They was fine when I was on the account taking my money and providing me with my winnings, but it seems to be since I closed it’s nothing but dragging their feet.

Also another small withdrawal I was also told is on its way to my bank, but then an agent in the chat stated that it was going to my PayPal and already sent. I provided details to show I’ve received it, in none of these and now they are escalating it. I just feel like you get told nothing and are expected to just take it.

Status solved Resolved
£192
Verification denied and account suspended

Hi,

Last week I made a deposit of £100 to my Play Frank account, after receiving a text informing me of a 100% bonus up to £100. I played through the bonus the same day until I ended up with approx £950 cash in my account. I played completely within the terms and conditions of the bonus and opted to withdraw the funds the same day.

Shortly afterwards, I received an email requesting the following verification:

- Personal identification

- Address identification

- Proof of payment method

I supplied all of this in a timely manner and assumed this would enable them to process my withdrawal. However, I then received a further email requesting the following verification:

- Face verification

- Date verification

I have used a large number of gambling sites and this is something I have never been asked for before. I find it highly irregular, unnecessary and worrying. I see no reason why they would need this level of identification, something which I raised by return of e-mail. I repeatedly asked why this was needed and constantly received the same response of the fact it was needed for face and date verification. Obviously this is something I was already aware of; I was trying to determine why it was needed.

I eventually provided the verification required. I couldn’t do this immediately as I had to purchase a newspaper. I was finally told that my withdrawal is now being processed; this was on 19/03/19.

That night I tried logging into my play Frank account to see if I could see the status of the withdrawal, only to find my account had been blocked. After contacting them, I was then told that this was done as part of the verification process and that any pending withdrawals had been cancelled. The team told me to contact the complaints team which I did on 20/03/2019.

Since then, any of my requests are now ignored. I have been given no timescale for my "complaint" to be answered (I never asked to raise a complaint: I just want my money) and £950 of my money has seemingly disappeared into thin air. Personally, I believe the original verification process is a stalling tactic in order to hold onto customer's money for longer than is necessary.

Please let me know if you need any further information from me.

Thanks and regards,

Will < surname removed >

Status solved Resolved
£950